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21 Apr 2023
Odisha70-year-old woman walks barefoot to withdraw pension, video goes viral
A heart-wrenching video has surfaced on social media, showing a 70-year-old woman walking barefoot in scorching heat for several kilometers with the help of a broken chair to collect her old-age pension from a bank.
21 Apr 2023
Kapil SibalCelebrate or despair: Kapil Sibal on Naroda Gam case verdict
Rajya Sabha MP and senior lawyer Kapil Sibal criticized the Ahmedabad court's decision on Friday to acquit all the 67 accused in the two-decade-old Naroda Gam case.
21 Apr 2023
Air IndiaAir India pilot entertains woman inside cockpit, DGCA launches probe
The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has launched a probe after a crew complained against an Air India pilot-in-command for allegedly inviting a woman into the cockpit, violating the aviation regulator's safety norms.
21 Apr 2023
DelhiMan, disguised as advocate, shoots at woman in Delhi court
A woman was injured in a shooting incident at Delhi's Saket District Court on Friday, reported ANI.
21 Apr 2023
Indian ArmyPoonch terror attack: Army releases names of martyrs
The Indian Army released the names of the five soldiers martyred in a terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch district on Thursday.
21 Apr 2023
COVID-19COVID-19: India records 11,692 cases, 28 deaths in 24 hours
India registered a single-day rise of 11,692 COVID-19 cases, a 7.14% drop from Thursday, taking the tally to 4,48,69,684, according to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare's data on Friday.
21 Apr 2023
Petrol Diesel PricesFuel prices revised in Mumbai, other major cities: Check rates
Petrol and diesel prices remained constant on Friday in the figures across major cities like Kolkata, Bengaluru, Mumbai, and New Delhi, as fuel prices continued their ten-month streak of rate stability.
21 Apr 2023
XFrom Kejriwal to Adityanath: Top politicians lose Twitter 'blue tick'
Numerous high-profile people in India, including renowned politicians and chief ministers, have lost the "blue tick" mark on Twitter after the social networking platform implemented a subscription fee.
20 Apr 2023
West BengalVacate or be evicted: Visva Bharati's notice to Amartya Sen
Visva Bharati University has asked Nobel laureate Amartya Sen to vacate the 13 decimals of the 1.38 acre leased land from his ancestral property on its campus in West Bengal's Santiniketan.
20 Apr 2023
MumbaiMumbai: Man chokes 2-year-old son to death to marry girlfriend
A man was arrested in Mumbai, Maharashtra, for allegedly choking his two-year-old son to death and throwing his body in a plastic bag. The 22-year-old accused, Rehmat Ali Ansari, committed the crime after his girlfriend agreed to marry him only if he got rid of his wife and son, Hindustan Times reported.
20 Apr 2023
Adani GroupAdani meets Sharad Pawar amid opposition's demand for JPC probe
Gautam Adani, chairman of the Adani Group, met Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar at the veteran leader's residence on Thursday morning, reported PTI.
20 Apr 2023
Ministry of Electronics and ITCentre proposes rules to enable Aadhaar authentication by other entities
The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) on Thursday proposed rules to enable Aadhaar authentication by entities other than government ministries and departments.
20 Apr 2023
Uttar PradeshGangrape accused set victim's house on fire, 2 infants injured
Two gangrape accused allegedly set fire to the house of a 14-year-old victim with the help of their associates in Uttar Pradesh's Unnao on Monday, reported PTI.
20 Apr 2023
Supreme Court Of IndiaSame-sex marriage: Are binary spouses necessary for marriage, asks CJI
On the third day of the Supreme Court hearing arguments on legalizing same-sex marriages on Thursday, Chief Justice of India (CJI) DY Chandrachud said that same-sex relationships are not just physical, but also stable and emotional.
20 Apr 2023
Indian ArmyJ&K: 4 jawans dead as Army truck catches fire
Four Indian Army jawans died after their truck burst into flames in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch district on Thursday. The incident took place near the Bhatta Durian Forest in Bhimber Gali (BG) Sector.
20 Apr 2023
Climate Change90% of India in 'danger' zone of heatwave impact: Study
Around 90% of India and almost all of Delhi fall in the "danger" zone of heatwave impact, as per a new study by Ramit Debnath and his colleagues at the University of Cambridge.
20 Apr 2023
Indian ArmyAssam: Indian Army personnel to learn Mandarin at Tezpur University
The Indian Army and Assam's Tezpur University signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on Wednesday to train soldiers in Mandarin, reported The Hindu.
20 Apr 2023
PunjabAmritpal Singh's wife stopped at airport, was headed to UK
Khalistani sympathizer and Waris Punjab De chief Amritpal Singh's wife, Kirandeep Kaur, was reportedly stopped at the Amritsar Airport in Punjab while trying to board a flight to the United Kingdom (UK) on Thursday.
20 Apr 2023
Narendra ModiJ&K school gets facelift after girl's viral appeal to Modi
The administration of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) has sprung into action to improve a school's facilities after one of its students urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to provide basic infrastructure, reported the news agency PTI.
20 Apr 2023
NepalIndian climber Anurag Maloo, missing on Mount Annapurna, rescued alive
Indian mountaineer Anurag Maloo, who went missing on Nepal's Mount Annapurna on Monday, has been rescued alive, his brother said on Thursday, PTI reported.
20 Apr 2023
Rahul GandhiSurat court rejects Rahul Gandhi's application seeking stay on conviction
A sessions court in Gujarat's Surat on Thursday rejected an application filed by Congress leader Rahul Gandhi seeking a stay on his conviction in the 2019 criminal defamation case for his "Modi surname" remark.
20 Apr 2023
COVID-19India logs 12,591 new COVID-19 cases, 40 deaths
India has recorded 12,591 cases of COVID-19 in the last 24 hours, taking the tally to 4,48,57,992, according to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare's data updated on Thursday.
19 Apr 2023
Lucknow'Organic' restaurant in Lucknow inaugurated by 'desi' cow. Here's why
A restaurant in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, made an interesting choice and invited a "desi breed" cow as a special guest for its inauguration ceremony, reported ANI.
19 Apr 2023
Umesh PalFrom policeman's daughter to gangster's wife—here's all about Shaista Parveen
Shaista Parveen, the wife of gangster-turned-politician Atiq Ahmed, who was shot dead in police custody on Saturday, is reportedly on the Uttar Pradesh Police's most-wanted list.
19 Apr 2023
KarnatakaKarnataka: Students study in small room after government demolishes school
The Karnataka High Court has directed the authorities to rebuild a government school at Agaralingana Doddi village in the Mandya district of Karnataka, reported The Quint.
19 Apr 2023
KarnatakaKarnataka: BJP's youth wing leader stabbed to death in Dharwad
Praveen Kammar, leader of the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM) from Karnataka's Dharwad, was allegedly killed in Kottur village on Tuesday night, reported India Today.
19 Apr 2023
Uttar PradeshAtiq Ahmed killing: 5 cops suspended, 4-day remand for accused
The Uttar Pradesh government suspended five police personnel for dereliction of duty in the death of gangster-turned-politician Atiq Ahmed in police custody in Prayagraj on Saturday.
19 Apr 2023
S JaishankarSaudi, UAE assure support for Indian citizens' safety in Sudan
Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have assured their support for the safety and security of Indians in violence-torn Sudan following discussions between External Affairs Minister (EAM) S Jaishankar and his counterparts, India Today reported.
19 Apr 2023
NepalNepal President Ram Chandra Poudel admitted to AIIMS Delhi
Nepal President Ram Chandra Poudel has been shifted to Delhi's All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) from Kathmandu's Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital on Wednesday.
19 Apr 2023
Madhya PradeshMadhya Pradesh: Loco pilot dead as 2 goods trains collide
One locomotive pilot was killed and four others suffered injuries after a goods train collided with a stationary goods train near Singhpur Railway Station in Madhya Pradesh's Shahdol on Wednesday, reported Times of India.
19 Apr 2023
Supreme Court Of IndiaCentre seeks states' opinion on same-sex marriage
The Supreme Court on Wednesday continued hearing pleas seeking recognition of same-sex marriages and the Centre's petition opposing the former.
19 Apr 2023
IndiaIndia to become world's most populous country by mid-2023: UN
India is on the cusp of becoming the world's most populous country by mid-2023, the data released by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) showed on Wednesday.
19 Apr 2023
MizoramWhat India can learn from Mizoram, the 'happiest state'
This makes 'mizo' happy!
19 Apr 2023
COVID-19COVID-19 update: India logs 10,542 fresh cases, 38 deaths
India recorded 10,542 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, a 38.11% jump from the previous day's 7,633 cases, according to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare's data released on Wednesday.
19 Apr 2023
HeatwaveSeveral parts of India simmer amid heatwave conditions
Most parts of India experienced heatwave conditions on Tuesday as temperatures soared even higher.
18 Apr 2023
DelhiUncertainty looms over who will inherit Atiq Ahmed's Delhi properties
Days after the murder of gangster-turned-politician Atiq Ahmad, it has come to light that he left a number of high-value residential and commercial properties in Delhi, according to IANS.
18 Apr 2023
Adani GroupGovernment allowed Adani's mine expansion despite existing mines' unextracted deposits
Fresh details have emerged in the Adani-Hasdeo Arand coal mining row, revealing that Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government cleared the expansion of a coal mine run by the Adani Group despite government-funded studies establishing the presence of unextracted coal in existing mines.
18 Apr 2023
Bilkis BanoWhat SC said on convicts' parole in Bilkis Bano case
The Supreme Court on Tuesday commented on the early release of the 11 convicts in the Bilkis Bano case, saying that the Gujarat government should have considered the gravity of the offense before taking the decision, reported Times of India.
18 Apr 2023
Directorate General of Civil AviationWhat were top complaints of fliers per DGCA March report
Flight-related problems and baggage issues topped the list of passenger complaints received by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) last month, an official report on Tuesday revealed.
18 Apr 2023
Federal Bureau of InvestigationFBI official visits India, to hold talks on 'international cooperation'
Raymond P Duda, the Assistant Director of the International Operations Division of the United States's Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), arrived in New Delhi on Tuesday.
